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{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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| team = [[Atlanta Thrashers]]
| former_teams = [[New York Rangers]]<br> [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 215
| nickname =
| nationality = CAN
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|7|4}}
| birth_place = [[Thunder Bay, Ontario|Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario|ON]]
| draft = Undrafted
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| career_start = 1994
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'''Steve Andrew Rucchin''' (born [[July 4]], [[1971]] [[Thunder Bay, Ontario|Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]]) is a [[Centre (ice hockey)|centre]] who currently plays for the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] of the [[National Hockey League]].
Rucchin played high school hockey for [[Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School]] in [[London, Ontario]]. His coach happened to also be an assistant with the [[University of Western Ontario]] and recruited him. He was an Ontario University All-Star in three of his four seasons there, and was named Player of the Year and First-team All-Canadian in his senior season.
He was drafted 2nd overall in the [[1994 NHL Supplemental Draft]] by the [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]. He soon centered Anaheim's top line with [[Paul Kariya]] and [[Teemu Selänne]]. Rucchin was an [[Captain (ice hockey)|alternate captain]] from 2000–2003, and captain 2003–05.
In the [[2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs]], Rucchin earned his spot in Mighty Ducks immortality when he helped the Ducks upset the [[Detroit Red Wings]] in a sweep of four games by scoring the game-winning and series-clinching overtime goal in Game 4.
At the World Championship 1998 in Switzerland he and his older brother Larry made history when they face each other when Steve used to play for Canada while Larry played for [[Italy]].
In August 2005, he was traded to the [[New York Rangers]] for minor-league enforcer [[Trevor Gillies]] and a conditional 2007 draft pick in a move to dump salary. He ranks third in Ducks history in assists (279), goals (153), points (432), and game-winning goals (23). Known as a great locker-room teammate, he provided veteran leadership in [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]], as an alternate captain (along with [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]] and [[Darius Kasparaitis]]) on a young Rangers team.
On July 3rd, [[2006]], Rucchin signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Thrashers. on March 6, [[2007]], he suffered a concussion on a hit by [[Ben Guite]] of the [[Colorado Avalanche]]. This injury ended his season, and caused him to miss the start of the following season in 2007.
==Career statistics==
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="95%" style="text-align:centre"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | Regular Season
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" | Season
! ALIGN="center" | Team
! ALIGN="center" | League
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! ALIGN="center" | [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! ALIGN="center" | [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! ALIGN="center" | [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | G
! ALIGN="center" | A
! ALIGN="center" | Pts
! ALIGN="center" | PIM
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1994-95
| ALIGN="center" | [[San Diego Gulls (1990–1995)|San Diego Gulls]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 41
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 26
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1994-95
| ALIGN="center" | [[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[NHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 43
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 17
| ALIGN="center" | 23
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1995-96
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 64
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 25
| ALIGN="center" | 44
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1996-97
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 79
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 48
| ALIGN="center" | 67
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 10
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1997-98
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 72
| ALIGN="center" | 17
| ALIGN="center" | 36
| ALIGN="center" | 53
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1998-99
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 69
| ALIGN="center" | 23
| ALIGN="center" | 39
| ALIGN="center" | 62
| ALIGN="center" | 22
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1999-00
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 71
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 38
| ALIGN="center" | 57
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2000-01
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2001-02
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 38
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 23
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2002-03
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 82
| ALIGN="center" | 20
| ALIGN="center" | 38
| ALIGN="center" | 58
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 21
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2003-04
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 82
| ALIGN="center" | 20
| ALIGN="center" | 23
| ALIGN="center" | 43
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2005-06
| ALIGN="center" | [[New York Rangers]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 72
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 23
| ALIGN="center" | 36
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2006-07
| ALIGN="center" | [[Atlanta Thrashers]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 47
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 21
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL Totals
! ALIGN="center" | 735
! ALIGN="center" | 171
! ALIGN="center" | 318
! ALIGN="center" | 489
! ALIGN="center" | 164
! ALIGN="center" | 37
! ALIGN="center" | 9
! ALIGN="center" | 8
! ALIGN="center" | 17
! ALIGN="center" | 12
|}
==External links==
*{{hockeydb|00014931}}
*[http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/1999/March/31/Sports2.htm Ducks aren't quite as tough as Mustangs (uwo.ca)]
*[http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/24/sections/sports/sports/article_646510.php Veterans Rucchin and Leclerc are traded to free cap room (ocregister.com)]
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